Labour Gazette Vol. I, No. 9, May 1922

Abstract

May 1922. MONTH IN BRIEF. COST OF LIVING: Apr 1922. PRICE STATISTICS: Apr 1922; Retail Prices and comparative prices (Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi and Sholapur); Workmen’s Budgets; Wage Census. LABOUR OFFICE. AGE COMPOSITION IN INDUSTRIAL CENTRES: Mill-hands and other labourers, Bombay. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Bombay; 12 months of industrial disputes, Bombay; East Indian Railway Strike. INDIAN FACTOIRES STATISTICS: The Factories Act. COLLECTION OF STATISTICS BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT. LEGISLATION: Labour legislation (Proceedings of the Associated Chambers of Commerce); Workmen’s Compensation Legislation. HEALTH AND SANITATION IN FACTORIES. WORK OF THE GENEVA CONFERENCE: Intl. Labour Conference, Agenda for next session. CURRENT NOTES FROM ABROAD: UK, South Africa, Japan, Germany, Argentina. BOOKS RECEIVED. STATISTICAL TABLES: Cost of living, Bombay; Cost of living (India, foreign countries); Wholesale market prices (Bombay, Karachi); Wholesale prices (Bombay, Jan 1920); Retail food prices, Jul 1914, Mar and Apr 1922; Retail food prices, Mar and Apr 1922 (Bombay, Karachi, Ahmedabad and Sholapur); Wholesale prices (India, foreign countries); Retail food prices (India, foreign countries); Principal trade disputes, Apr 1922; Cotton mill production (yarn, woven goods). CHARTS: Monsoon progress, 1921; Cost of living, Bombay; Retail food prices, Bombay; Cost of living (foreign countries); Imports and exports of merchandise, India; Exchange rate, Bombay; Strikes, Bombay.